I've been enjoying the 2nd Friday Artwalks in Belltown. It's been a pretty good summer overall in Belltown, actually. Or maybe I'm just learning to appreciate it better. This is the current installation in Suyama Space, Grotesque Arabesques by Dan Corson. The arabesques are modeled from the topology of caverns, a very earthy precedent, but the application in cool, ethereally glowing colors makes it feel more like a walk through the fabric of the universe. It was an intriguing and captivating spatial experience that was worth spending some time to take in.
Buskers have started showing up for Artwalk. This is a very encouraging, positive sign for the neighborhood, and very entertaining, too. This flame juggler was here for the September artwalk. He was traveling through and didn't stay in town for long - just long enough for the Busker Festival in the Market, I think. There was a big crowd outside the Hostel, anyway, and the parking lane was closed to traffic, which expanded his stage (good thing, those flames were hot). Maybe that worked for him, I don't know.
This guy is fairly new, I've seen him in the Market over the last few weeks. This is the first time I've seen him in Belltown. I sat at Bedlam and watched for a while before coming to take his photo and give a tip. I don't know if this was a good location, here by the vacant lot where the Speakeasy was (I really miss that building - is it possible to miss something you never actually saw?). It's kind of a dead corner, but there isn't a lot of room for juggling elsewhere, now that the parking lanes are occupied again. I hope it worked well enough that he comes back, or that others will. It's ever so much better than having the drug dealers on the corners.
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